Labuan Colour On Crocodile Stamp 1897

Hi all I googled this stamp but the only one I can find for the LABUAN crocodile stamp is SG98a. This can't be it as the colour is different on mine, is there a similar one the same shade as mine and if so can someone show/scan the stamp page it appears on in a catalog? The SG98a seems to be around 35 pounds but if mine is a different cat number what is the value please its on registered cover to London. Help appreciated thanks in advance



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First, the stamp can't be SG 98a because SG 98a has the LABUAN at the foot of the stamp. It appears to be SG 95a, but the vermilion has oxidised, as you can see at the bottom of the stamp.

Edited to add: SG 98a didn't appear until March 1998, so the November 1897 CDSs make that very unlikely.

Thanks so the oxidised colour at the bottom how does this affect the value?

I personally discount oxidised stamps to zero, but others may treat them differently.

Wow and the cover with these stamps sold for some hundreds in the 90s to someone & now worth zero.

Nice examples on cover would probably still do pretty well.

In the good old days, a dealer would be embarrassed to offer this, but ebay has brought all of this stuff back out of the woodwork. It will still sell for some money on ebay, I predict.

You could try the hydrogen peroxide QTIP trick (at your own risk, of course).

Would not want to try that hydrogen peroxide QTIP trick I'd rather sell it as is I don't like to mess with stamps

It looks unpleasantly as if there's rust developing at the top of the 12 cent. I'd offload it ASAP for whatever I could get.

In the prior posts, "oxidation" is likely incorrect and sulphurization (or sulphurisation) is the cause.

And by "rust" I think you mean foxing.